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"Texas Drought Threatens Whooping Cranes as Food Dwindles" [1]

"The devastating drought in Texas is raising worries that the parched conditions could harm the only self-sustaining flock of whooping cranes left in the wild.

The lack of rain has made estuaries and marshlands too salty for blue crabs to thrive and destroyed a usually plentiful supply of wolfberries, two foods that the cranes usually devour during their annual migration to the Texas Gulf Coast. The high-protein diet is supposed to sustain North America's tallest bird through the winter and prepare it for the nesting season in Canada.

Source: AP [2], 01/12/2012

Fund for Environmental Journalism Announces Winter 2011 Grants [3]

SEJ's Fund for Environmental Journalism (FEJ) granted $11,707 to seven journalism projects in the Winter 2011 grant cycle, to cover travel, soil-testing, survey, telecommunications, and document-access expenses for print, audio, video, photo and online news. Photo: Winner Valerie Wigglesworth, The Dallas Morning News.

Prius C, More Green Cars Unveiled at Detroit Auto Show [4]

"Toyota, the biggest player in hybrid-electric cars, has launched a cut price Prius as the Japanese firm fights back following one of the worst years in its history.

Jim Lentz, president and chief operating officer of Toyota USA, unveiled the Prius C at the second day of the North American International Automobile Show (NAIAS) at Detroit's Cobo Center. For a second year in a row the car show has been dominated by hybrid and electric car launches, although sales have so far been disappointing.

Source: Guardian [5], 01/11/2012

West Virginia: "Reports: DEP Mine Cleanup Program Unfunded, Mismanaged" [10]

"CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- As this year's legislative session begins, a state advisory council is again urging lawmakers to increase a coal production tax that funds abandoned mine cleanups and a scathing new audit says mismanagement by the Department of Environmental Protection could leave the state responsible for 'immense amounts of monies' for reclamation."

Source: Charleston Gazette [11], 01/11/2012

Oil Lobby Money Pressures Obama on Keystone XL Pipeline [12]

"New analysis of oil industry contributions to members of Congress has revealed the level of the oil lobby's financial firepower that Barack Obama can expect to face in the November elections if he refuses to approve the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline."

Source: Guardian [13], 01/11/2012

"Appeals Court Reinstates EPA's Boiler Clean Air Rule" [14]

"WASHINGTON, DC -- The DC Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's administrative stay on a rule that sets air toxics standards for boilers and commercial solid waste incinerators."

Source: ENS [15], 01/11/2012

"Herpes, HIV Viruses Enter USA via Smuggled African Bushmeat" [16]

"NEW YORK, N.Y. -- Evidence of retroviruses and herpes viruses in illegally imported wildlife meat products confiscated at U.S. international airports has been found using new technology known as DNA barcoding. This method uses a short genetic marker in an organism's DNA to identify it as belonging to a particular species."

Source: ENS [17], 01/11/2012

"Obama Delivers Pep Talk To Beleaguered EPA Employees" [18]

"Seeking to draw clear lines between himself and a field of Republican presidential hopefuls who have been openly hostile to environmental regulations -- and to shore up his own image among his environmental base -- President Barack Obama told a vocally appreciative gathering of Environmental Protection Agency employees Tuesday that they have his thanks and support."

Source: Huffington Post [19], 01/11/2012

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